Today, Attorney Richard J. Arsenault addressed the topic of the “Louisiana’s Judiciary and Mass Torts, Class Actions and Complex Litigation” at the 2010 Louisiana State Bar Association’s Annual Convention in Destin, FL. Arsenault, who chairs the Bar’s Section on Insurance, Negligence, Workers’ Compensation and Admiralty, will be joined by a distinguished panel that includes Chief Justice Pascal Calogero, Judge Robert Klees, Judge Ward Fontenot, Judge Ronald Cox and Professor Tom Galligan.
At the convention, Arsenault will also chair two other programs 1. Recent Tort and Maritime Developments and 2. The Gulf Coast Oil Spill Litigation.
Last month, Arsenault and Galligan co-chaired the Louisiana State Bar Association’s Gulf Coast Oil Spill Litigation Conference in New Orleans, which attracted hundreds of attorneys from across the country as well as members of Bloomberg Business Week and the Wall Street Journal.
Later this month, Arsenault will serve as Chair of the HarrisMartin Publishing’s Oil Spill Symposium in New Orleans. In addition, he was recently named Co-chair of the American Association for Justice’s Gulf Oil Spill Litigation Group, where he will lead educational programs and provide litigation support to attorneys who represent victims of the Deepwater Horizon disaster. The Litigation Group will hold its first meeting at the AAJ Annual Convention in Vancouver, British Columbia this July.
With a diverse career spanning three decades, Richard Arsenault is recognized as a leading lawyer in the areas of maritime law, serious personal injury and mass tort/complex litigation. He is a frequent speaker and has published numerous articles on various legal topics. Because of his unique experiences and expertise, Arsenault has been featured by the Associated Press, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Reuters, NPR, CBS, BBC and other major media.
Richard J. Arsenault, 2011
